Category: RECIPES

As you are probably well aware by now I live in the middle of bumfluff nowhere. A worn down town that lived its hay days during the height of the slipper industry. That being said it means I am surrounded by beautiful countryside, countless reservoirs and open fells. It is pretty easy to lead a healthy lifestyle here. We always walk to do our Tesco shop, which is six miles. There are amazing places to go bike riding along with stunning walks. Having all those joys does not come without…

As we all know its pancake day pretty soon, and recently I have been going bananas for them… literally. Now is the time to get my pancake game right up and I have been chomping my way through the stacks to create some delicious healthy recipes. I mean everyone loves pancakes right, but everyone loves healthy pancakes more. My Instagram feed is continuously full of yummy looking stacks oozing with chocolate or honey loaded wit delicious tasty toppings. I mean why cant we eat pancakes all day every day, especially…

This year I made a promise to myself. This was to experiment with more foods, and follow more recipes so I can gain better skills in the kitchen. I mean you do not learn out of nowhere, and following recipes allow you to learn more skills and give you a better understanding of food pairings. Leeks are a vegetable that I rarely use in my cooking. I adore leek and potato soup, however that is as far as my leek usage goes. So when I got chatting to British Leeks…

So we are currently a couple weeks into our health kick and I have noticed the difference. I feel less jelly and my partner has cheekbones! One thing that he has craved for is fresh noodle dishes. Anything I can think of from stir frys to noodles and sauce packed with veggies. I was totally happy to oblige. I enjoy a good noodle dish and packed full of veg you cant get much healthier. We are a household of nut butter lovers, so when it came to creating a sauce…

I am a huge lover of fish and try to incorporate it into my diet as much as possible. Whenever I go out for dinner it will always be my dish of choice. However I have always battled with fish, as I discussed with my papa its not an easy ingredient to work with. I have already brought you dishes using hake, sea bass and lemon sole. I thought it was time for a another fish dish. However this time I wanted to spice things up a bit, make the…

The one great thing about going away for a few days is that you come back to banana perfect for baking with. Those lovely overripe squidgy bananas, that I get to whisk them into a nice comforting Wintery bake. Recently I was offered to choose a box of products from TheFoodMarket.com. An online marketplace for natural and organic food that is made and sold by small, independent merchants. Within this box I received a lovely tub of Pip and Nut Almond butter. Nut butters are my fave. So what better…

Its a Sunday. One of those days where there is not much left in the cupboards, and a big shop is due. Its funny that I always end up making better meals when I just have to bang some stuff together. I admit a frittata is not hard. However when I have a fridge full of food, something this simple is never thought of! Thats probably why I enjoyed it more as it has literally been months since I ate a good frittata. As I said I didnt have much…

The other week I mixed up some warm banana chocolate proats, and boy it was good. I thought the combantion of warm banana flavour flowing through my oats was divine. I made these oats in the pan as I am old fashioned like that. However I got the inspo from Rachel over at Healthy&Psyched who popped hers in the microwave. This got me thinking about this whole mug cake faze. If you could whip up a mug cake in the microwave, and banana oats in the microwave. Then maybe if…

Its that time of the year where the air is filled with the smell of cinnamon, mulled wine and gorgeous spice blends. I love it. I also love the fact that you can make your kitchen smell like that too. Autumn is the time for warm comforting bowls of breakfasts. Ones that make you feel fuzzy and remind you that Christmas is on its way. You can whip up a spiced syrup and poach some seasonal fruits, making your whole kitchen smell like a Yankee candle. Our seasonal fruit was…

Sometimes the best meals are the quickest and easiest. They are also packed full of goodness and veggies. My partner loves courgettes, and I am trying to find some filling meatless meals for us. Therefore these we just perfect. I love things that have texture. These are so lovely and crispy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside. You can jazz them up with anything you want. Other spices or you can add in additional veggies. I recently got some spirulina powder from Indigo Herbs, I have been dying…